Newborn Feeding Tips for Sleeping Longer at Night

Establish Daytime Patterns

During the day, you want your baby to eat and eat and eat so that at night time, she will sleep and sleep and sleep. This means frequent feeding times, ranging from every 2 – 3 hours.

If breastfeeding: feed every two hours during the day.

If formula feeding: feed every 3 hours during the day.

If your baby isn’t acting hungry after the allotted time, still offer the breast or bottle. They may take just a bit, bit it will help them learn the pattern of eating more during the day and less at night.

Fill That Belly

I do this at 9:30pm – but it’s whenever you want your 4-5 hour block to start.
Filling the belly at 11pm means your baby could sleep until 3 or 4am.